Local PHP files on MAC OSX

[biscutty]

I seem to be unable to open local PHP files with Internet Explorer on the mac, like on the PC where Internet explorer is able to open files with the .php extension as if they were plain html.

I do not have php server running on the mac or pc, but would like to be able to open the local php files to check html layout etc.

Any Ideas?

thanks

[zeb]

Are you using the http:// or file:// protocol? If you are trying to open the file via http:// request using localhost or 127.0.0.1, IE will want an internet connection and (it seems) will send requests out to your ISP, and back to the machine... but if you set up a virtual host, IE will recognize the address as being on an 'Local Intranet Zone'.

If you are using the file:// protocol, I'm not sure why it isn't working. It works for me (10.2.3 - IE 5.2.1). I do get all the PHP code, of course, but you can see the rest of the normal rendered HTML.

[axnoran]

I use 10.2.6 on my development machine.

I turned on the web sharing, headed over to: http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/

and now my mac is running Apache with PHP. Now when I open http://myip (although http://127.0.0.1 work as well), I get exactly what I'm going to see when it is on the real server.
Pair that with a small mysql database to mimic the real server and it really saves me a whole lot of headaches.